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      The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) has declared that it will conclude the Collation of the Rivers State Governorship election between April 2 and 5 of 2019. Addressing the stakeholders meeting on the resumption of electoral activities for the completion of outstanding 2019 General Elections in Rivers State on Saturday, INEC National Commissioner supervising Bayelsa, Edo and Rivers State, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu said that the Collation will be carried out transparently. He said: "All the results are with us in our strong room. They have not been tampered with. We are going to conduct the Collation Transparently. "INEC is here to complete this process and we shall complete the process successfully ". The INEC National Commissioner said though they don't know the winners of the elections, all the results are intact in INEC custody. "I can tell you for free that we don't know the winners". She said that INEC will religio

      Brigadier General Zakari Logun Abubakar takes over command of 32 Artillery Brigade Akure from Brigadier General James Ataguba who has recently been posted to Land Forces Simulation Centre as the Director, Training and Operations and Deputy Director General. The outgoing commander, Brigadier General James Ataguba in his valedictory speech at the send forth organised in his honour, thanked the media organisations, government functionaries and heads of sister security agencies in Ondo and Ekiti states for their professional support throughout his tenure. He enjoined them to give the same support to the new commander, Brigadier General Zakari Logun Abubakar. Brigadier General Abubakar is a member of 40 Regular Combatant Course and a seasoned Air Defence Artillery officer. He was a member of the Directing Staff(DS) at the National Defence College (NDC) Abuja, until his appointment as the brigade commander. Here are some pictures of the Handing and Taking Over Ceremony. V

      A wife has called out a lady who has been dating her husband and even boldly professes love for him on Facebook. The side chick, named Precious John, shared a photo of herself with Gift Uzor's husband. She called the married man her "future man" and said he loves her as much as she loves him. In anger, the man's wife replied to the post, calling out her rival. She called her a public dog and accused her of hanging out with her husband and the father of her four kids. But Precious wasn't repentant and she boasted in another post that she's hanging out with another woman's husband. She then shared a photo of her in bed with a man's hand in sight and claimed the hand belongs to the married man. "Chilling with another woman's husband. As you can C his hand there. He's fun to be with..." She wrote:One more photo below.

       Congratulations are in order for the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik) in Awka, Anambra state, who welcomed a set of quadruplets with wife after years of marriage. According to reports, Professor Charles Esimone and his wife had their first son in 2015, after 12 years of barrenness. The couple were over the moon following the miraculous delivery at  that time which surprised the family and other well wishers. Four years after the miraculous delivery, the Deeper Life campus pastor and his wife welcomed four babies (two boys and two girls) on Tuesday, March 26th (yesterday). Congratulations to the couple once again.One more photo below.

      The 2019 African Wrestling Championship took place at Hammamet, Tunisia from 26 - 31 March 2019. The Championship had participants from many African Countries, featured male and female participation in the Cadet, Junior and Senior Categories. Nigeria presented male and female wrestlers in the Senior Category. It would be recalled that Nigeria won the 2018 Edition of the African Wrestling Championships held at PortHacourt, Rivers State in February 2018. At the end of the female event (Senior Category) of the 2019 African Wrestling Championships, Nigeria retained the crown of female wrestling in Africa by winning 5 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals. Nigerian Army Female Wrestler, - LCpl Hannah Reuben emerged one of the medalists for Nigeria by winning a Silver Medal in the 72Kg Weight Category. The Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen TY Buratai has since congratulated the Nigerian Army Female Wrestler on the feat achieved so far and urged her to do more in future exercises. S

      In the continuing escalation of offensive operations aimed at making islands and other settlements in Lake Chad untenable for Boko Haram Terrorists, troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) over the weekend embarked on clearance operation in Kerenoa and adjourning areas. Contact was made with Boko Haram Terrorists at Andakar Camp. In the ensuing fire fight, Malloum Moussa; Boko Hara m Commander, along with 15 of his men were neutralized. 5 Gun Trucks were also destroyed. A woman whose relationship with the terrorists is yet to be determined was apprehended. Information gathered has revealed that Malloum Moussa who had one eye was a high ranking Boko Haram Commander who had jurisdiction in the entire southern islands, including Daban Masara, Kirta Wulgo and Koleram. He was notorious for imposing hefty levies on farmers, fishermen and cattle herders to fund Boko Haram terrorism and Insurgency in the locality. Please, disseminate this information to the general

    OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT    The adoption of a set of reforms that are hinged on reclaiming the traditions of virtuous ethics and entrenching personal and corporate integrity, among other things, are some of the requisites for addressing the many challenges facing the legal profession in Nigeria, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President stated this in Abuja at the Body of Bencher Award Night where he was preferred to the prestigious rank of Life Bencher. According to him, “the weaknesses that have recently been exposed in our profession, as disturbing as they are, have at the same time provided us great opportunity for deep introspection and self-assessment. This is an opportunity for reform and reclaim of that tradition of virtuous ethics; a tradition of moral inquiry and doggedness in the dispassionate and impartial application of law no matter whose ox is gored. “Our professional practice and the courts must always measure up to the moral, et